RUBIACEAE. 



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Gardenia. Cape Jessamine. 

 (Family Rubiaceae). 



Shrubs: evergreen. Twigs mode- 

 rate, rounded or finally 4-sided: 

 pith relatively large, somewhat 

 crenately angled, green, continu- 

 ous. Buds small and naked with- 

 " yf ' I ' J ' I f jf^ in a supra-axillary sheath or with 

 /i / / I r^Lm a sin & le enveloping scale when 

 / 1 I \r ' Fm^ terminal - Leaf-scars opposite or 

 / I if "^/i^P in whorls of 3, slightly raised, 

 small, half-round; bundle-traces 

 7, the central one large and cres- 

 cent-shaped. Leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, with their stipules connate in 

 a tube above each node. 



The sheathing stipules of Gar- 

 denia florida are shown by Lub- 

 bock, on Buds and Stipules, f. 

 133. 



Though gardenias are known in 

 the North only as conservatory 

 plants, their fragrant large white 

 flowers are handled by florists to a considerable extent in 

 winter. In the South they are favorite out-of-door plants. 

 Unless the flowers are removed, they fail to fall promptly, 

 and neglected plants become untidy as neglected perpetual- 

 flowering roses do. 

 Twigs harsh-pubescent: leaves very glossy above. 



G. jasminoides. 



